Born in the Streets

Born in the Streets: Graffiti. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2009. Print.

p7 - STREET AND SELF: THE ROOTS OF GRAFFITI (Richard Goldstein)

• 1973 NY on brink of fiscal crisis that created many abandoned buildings and and lack of funding in public services (subways)
  • many drugs, high crime, "white flight from the urban core was accelerating"
  • arts flourished, sexuality on display, minorities were assertive